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i Be itknownlthat LRIoHAnD H. Hormis, of Paterson`in the countytof'lassaic and State of New'Jersey, y have invented anevvand` useful Improvement'in lCasesfor"Displaying` Silks, ,Cottons, and other Art` i cles, of whichithe following is a full, clear, `and exact y description, reference heilig had to the accompanying `drawing gthriningfpart of `this specification, in which-7 l Figure?1istaviewinlperspective,of a case cont y "structedfaccordingi to @my invention, and as employed,

` i fforthe' display ofsilkV onjsp'ools; I i

l `Fignx`-e2 is ajvertical section ofthe same. A i E Similar letters of `fPaITS t if L 1V This invention isrnainly designed for -the display of @silkoreotton putnp on' spools; and f l "It",consistsaln naslanting front,

"pending "fronts, which are fflusll with the Vcase .when

closed, `and@arefittedtwithfglass, which extends nearly across theirentirelength, (Slo asto' e'cpose to View the rst `or front row-ofspools `various colors or grades,

l cross-strips, y which `,are i l y `3inonnin) H. ,'Nonnls,` or 1PASTERSON, V`NEW JERSEY;-

" Letters Patent/No.` 112,272, dated February 28, 1871.

Ithe combination, with aI casebaving of a seriesgof drawers having corresarranged crosswise in; each: drawer.` l t i 'lflreffrontrows offspodisf in the several drawers are fpartitioned ;t`ron`1`: tliosefbeliiiid .by means of thin arranged within the drawers ,l jparallelwitlitheirfrontg and at an angle correspond# y e' ingwith `tliefslantofthe front of the oase, thereby alt wlowingithe spoolstojassunie `a slanting position.

` j i Each vsucceeding row iofspools is arranged within "the drawers lin snella manner as to correspondV in colors "orgrades withethe frontllrows, and the spools are kept in place and inaniuprightpositon by means of cleats `rnnningialon'g the bottoms ofthe drawers from back i l to front.` l i y I lBymaking the front gof the-case and the front of ference indicate corresponding` 1 `nvlPRcwEMENT1N sPooL snow-CASES;

i "The schedule' referred ce in thse Letters Patent 'and making pare of the same.

more easily than in stands, the fronts ofwhoh and the fronts 'of the drawers'oi' which, Vare otherwise con.-

rstrncted and arranged, while every facility is afforded for inserting or removing the goods, and for their convenient display, without exposing them to the dust.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- U A is the oase, the front and back of which are open, and the front of which is made slantingn Y This case may either rest on a. counter or table, or be made self-supporting.

B B are drawers, ,having their fronts constructed l and arranged Within they4 ease A, to conforxnlto the shape'of theslanting front thereof, and to .open either in a forward direction toward the purchaser, as shown at w, in iig. 2, or in a backward direction toward the dealer, as shown at y in the same ligure.

The fronts of the drawers B are fitted. with glass O C, which extendsacross the entire breadth and the greater' partofvthe depth of the'drawers, and thereby permits the front low of spools D D .to be easily seen.

To keep the front rows of spools in propel-position, a thin crossstrip, a, is arranged across each drawer at a suitable'` distance from the front, and` atl an angle corresponding with the slant ofthe front of the drawers.

What is here claimed,`and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is- I The combination of the case A, havingl a slanting front, and the drawers with glazed fronts, having a cor- ,responding slant, substantially as herein described.

Witnesses FRED. HAYNES, R. -E. RABEAU.

RICHARD H. NORRIS. 

